MikroTikCSS326-24G-2S+RM Managed Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Supports Power Over Ethernet (PoE) 1U Network Switch, White

I'll start by saying that I'm a switch snob. Initially, I wasn't going to settle for anything less than a layer-3 10-gig switch that kicks butt! Would love a nice Cisco switch, but I wanted a 10 Gb/s backbone for the house and didn't want to spend a ton of money. Also, the switch had to be bullet-proof and quiet.This Mikrotik CSS326-24G-2S+RM switch has a CRS variant that runs MikroTik's RouterOS (ie. layer 3) routing software. I was initially going to go with that model for another $50, but it's the same hardware (plus a console port) and really sized to do layer-2 switching best. The CPU needed for L2 is minimal, which allows the switch to run on DC power and be absolutely dead-silent (ie. no fans!). Pushing this hardware to do L3, I decided, would negatively affect throughput and would be better-performed on a switch with a more muscular CPU (which brings with it a beefier power supply, fans, noise, etc.).So, I put aside my switch snobbery and decided to buy two of these L2 switches, plus a couple GTek SFP+'s and 30m of LC-LC fiber. For about $300 (all on Amazon, I might add!), I had a 10 Gb/s backbone up and running in the house! I also retired several tiny (and crappy-performing) 5-port switches along the way.MikroTik's SwitchOS is web-only. Some people turn their nose up at not having a command line, but as a network professional, I can tell you that *everything* you need to have an impressive home network (and even 10 Gb/s to your desktop, NAS appliance, or expansion to other parts of your house or outdoors) can be quickly and easily achieved with this switching platform. For the geeks out there, I successfully established a 2 Gb/s 802.1Q (trunk) w/ 802.3AD (LAG or port aggregation) with my Palo Alto which does my layer-3 decisioning and connects to my 1 Gb/s Verizon FIOS link. Between my two CSS326-24G-2S+RM's, I have a 10 Gb/s trunk. All standards-based. All point and click.Love me some MikroTik! Get some!

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Highly recommend... I use at a couple remote locations for the 1G and 100mb data throughput... These units work great and are easy to manage. I would highly recommend.. I really like connecting these on a fiber switch and it works great and incredibly fast on my LAN!

This is the first switch of it's size I have bought for home office and I am completely satisfied! I'm using both SFP ports without issue and using cables bought here on https://amazon.com.I have a 10GB fiber SFP cable from the switch (in the office) to my Mikrotik RB5009 router, in the living room and performance beats my expectations! The second is a 1GB copper SFP to a Mikrotik RB260GS switch which I use to segregate WiFi for IoT and performance is great there as well.If you made it here you probably know that I do like Mikrotik products. However, any cons? Well by far the only thing I could say is that I have a hard time understanding VLAN configuration on MT switches. I know it well enough that I was able to configure 3 VLANs but I constantly have to refer to online docs.

This is by far the best option for the price if you want it’s feature-set without buying loud used enterprise gear or sketchy devices from overseas.The web interface is good, but there’s no console, and you never quite shake the feeling that’s it’s a product made by talented and dedicated people, but ones that are still working out of a garage.Firmware and security updates will be posted for the long haul, it runs at full speed, and it does its job. If you need good but slightly weird hardware for a reasonable price, Mikrotik is the only game in town.

I have two of these now. They use very little power, and they work flawlessly. They also don’t generate much heat. They’ve lowered the power requirements of my home lab substantially.

I have been using this in my system for a few days so far. I love the overall build and look as soon as I got it out of the packaging. Initial setup was pretty straight forward using the SWOS. I know some people don't like the SWOS but I have used other web-based management systems on switches and this was better then others I have used. I setup this with multiple VLAN's and DHCP snooping and it is handling all of that well. I connected the 10Gb up-links using Ipolex DAC cables which were recognized and also worked with my Solarflare NICs and I was able to saturate the link at 9.6GB with iperf using default settings with UDP (which I was using an Intel Pentium 5400 on one end so this was probably limited by the processor and not the switch). Latency and jitter were low, and the switch has been staying under 60 degrees Celsius so far. I have been very happy with the performance of this switch and you cannot go wrong with this at this price point.

This switch does not support the software I'm used to using for managing mikrotik switches, winbox. for that you need to get a much more expensive switch. I couldn't figure out how to manage this switch so I didn't bother and sent it back.